| CPC B60Q 1/06 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/14 (2013.01); B60Q 1/249 (2022.05); B60Q 2300/30 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
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1. A method for operating a headlight system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
illuminating, by the headlight system, an overall illumination area in an area surrounding the motor vehicle;
sensing, by each of at least two sensors, an associated sensor region in the area surrounding the motor vehicle, at least two of the sensors sensing sensor regions differing from each other, which overlap in an overlap region in the overall illumination area;
determining whether an object is in the overlap region, and when the object is not in the overlap region, performing a single sensor step, and when the object is in the overlap region, determining whether the object is detected by the at least two sensors, and when the object is detected by the at least two sensors, performing the fusing step;
when the object is not detected by the at least two sensors, determining whether a higher quality sensor detected the object, and when the higher quality sensor does not detect the object, then the existence of the object is rejected, and when the higher quality sensor detects the object, confirming the existence of the object;
fusing, upon detection by the at least two sensors of the object in the overlap region, sensor data of the sensors associated with the overlap region, and confirming existence of the object in the overall illumination area from the fused sensor data; and
selectively blocking out, by the headlight system, in response to the confirmation of the existence of the object, a zone in the overall illumination area in which the object is located;
wherein the headlight system includes at least one headlight that selectively blocks out the zone in the overall illumination area in which the object is located.
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